I've never been one to turn down and opportunity to bake and as I told E, I've never had a kitchen that didn't have the most basic baking ingredients in stock. Chocolate chip cookies, I told him, definitely fall under the basic ingredients category and I happened to have another muffin top pan sitting conveniently nearby in the shopping bag I hadn't yet unpacked. Muffin top pans are some of to favorite kinds of pans and I've developed the habit of buying one every time I see them. This new one was number 4 in my collection.
It took me a few minutes to gather the supplies and start mixing everything up, but by 11:30, three trays of deep dish chocolate chip cookies were wafting their chocolatey aroma throughout the house. This time, I used the traditional Tollhouse chocolate chip cookie recipe and made 18 cookies using a muffin top pan with 6 cookie spots. Each depression got a very generous tablespoon of cookie dough and it ended up being the perfect amount.
They were absolutely delicious. Crisp on the outside and soft on the inside, with warm melty chocolate chips throughout. E had inhaled two before I got the second tray out of the oven. They're definitely an easy crowd pleaser and were an excellent distraction for this evening.
Today was a long, hot day. E was off work, a rare Saturday off day that also happens to be his only off day in a 20 day stretch. Milou had agility class, which was somewhat less fun than usual given the miserable heat, and E and I spent most of the day attempting to stay cool and nursing giant Jamba Juice smoothies. I know the acupuncture diet says no cold food, but I couldn't even look at a hot meal until the evening.
I also found out that one of the women on an infertility board I frequent just got her BFP. She also had 6-7 eggs this month so I'm taking it as a good sign that 7 eggs is this cycles lucky number. Only 6 more days until I can start testing and I really, really hope this is it. I've been crampy and bloated and of course my boobs are sore but I don't want to read too much into it because it's probably all from the progesterone in the Endometrin. Thanks Endometrin! You know how I love you.
